Inside Tom Herman’s first national signing day at Texas
National signing day is always chaotic, and the madness was on full display Wednesday morning in the Texas football offices. But while a swarm of Longhorns assistants and staffers are collecting national letters of intent from 18 new 2017 recruits, Texas coach Tom Herman quietly sits at the head of a large mahogany table staring […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Texas QB Sam Ehlinger discusses beating Georgia in the Sugar Bowl before riling up the crowd with a short message about the Longhorns’ future. (1:34) NEW ORLEANS — The oft-asked question about Texas football got an emphatic answer on Tuesday night, at least as far as sophomore quarterback Sam Ehlinger was […]
Continue readingBuechele will graduate from Texas this spring then join the Mustangs. As a grad transfer he will be eligible immediately. Buechele started as a true freshman for the Longhorns in 2016, but he lost the job to Sam Ehlinger before last season. He had 30 career touchdown passes at Texas. SMU fell in need of […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Joe Burrow tosses four touchdown passes, including two in the fourth quarter, as LSU wins in Austin 45-38. (2:22) AUSTIN, Texas — LSU linebacker K’Lavon Chaisson raised a few eyebrows last weekend when he was asked about playing against Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger in high school. “I don’t find him too […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley breaks down what’s at stake when the Sooners take on Texas Saturday in a huge Big 12 matchup. (2:00) The campaign for the 2019 Heisman Trophy appeared to be a two-man race heading into the season: last year’s runner-up, Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa, versus the golden-boy prototype […]
Continue readingBaker Mayfield might be a rising star for the Cleveland Browns in the NFL, but he will never leave the Red River Rivalry behind him. Mayfield, who won the 2017 Heisman Trophy while at Oklahoma, was ready to trash-talk Texas and Longhorns quarterback Sam Ehlinger in an appearance Wednesday on Sportstalk 1400 in Norman, Oklahoma. […]
Continue readingSix years later, Texas still waiting on QB1
As he likes to put it: “When that room is right, the whole team is right.” But nothing is ever simple at a behemoth like Texas. What Watson inherited when he agreed to join Charlie Strong in Austin was easily the most mismanaged position group in college football. That problem dates all the way back […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. The “Get Up” crew reacts to Anthony Richardson being placed on injured reserve with a shoulder injury. (1:00) INDIANAPOLIS — Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson was placed on injured reserve Wednesday morning, meaning he’ll miss at least the next four games with a right shoulder injury. Richardson sustained an AC joint sprain […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Field Yates advises fantasy managers to hold Zack Moss with Jonathan Taylor‘s Colts future hazy. (1:05) ESPN’s Fantasy Football Week 5 injury tracker, featuring an aggregation of injury updates for quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers and tight ends whose teams are scheduled to play this week. Here we’ll track practice reports, […]
Continue readingESPN’s Fantasy Football Week 2 injury tracker, featuring an aggregation of injury updates for quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers and tight ends whose teams are scheduled to play this week. Here we’ll track practice reports, injury updates and any other news that may affect a player’s short-term or long-term availability. Monday’s reports include Sunday’s inactives […]
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